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Vassar Scholarship, the institutional repository formerly known as Digital Window, reflects the research and scholarly output of the Vassar College community.  It provides access to a variety of collections, including senior theses and projects across a wide range of disciplines.

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Catching Herself In the Middle: How Chinese-American Adoptees and Their Parents Construct Narrative and Ethnic Identity

Publication Date
2014-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Mei Jiang Bresnahan
Department or Program
Sociology Department
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Abstract

Since 1992, over 85,000 children have been adopted from China by U.S. citizens (Miller-Loessi and Kilic 2001:246; U.S. Department of State 2013). Most of these adoptees are girls. They were abandoned as infants due the combined factors of patrilineal culture...

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Shakespeare at Vassar

Publication Date
2016-September
Authors
Ashton, Andrew
Márkus, Zoltán
Patkus, Ronald
Walen, Denise
Nogrady, Elizabeth
Dunn, Leslie
Department or Program
Vassar College Libraries
Document Type
Exhibition Catalog
Access Level
Open
Abstract

Shakespeare at Vassar was organized by the Vassar College Special Collections Library, in collaboration with The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, with funds from the Hartman Fund Layout and typography by George Laws, and print production oversight by Daniel Lasecki...

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The "touch" versus the "see": tactility as a challenge against digital media in "Subway Therapy"

Publication Date
2017-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Nguyen, Sieu
Department or Program
Media Studies Program
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Access Level
Vassar Only
Abstract

The thesis explores how the tactile aspect of "Subway Therapy," a project in which people could write messages on sticky notes after the 2016 Presidential Election and post them on the subway walls in New York City, fosters an alternative...

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